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Wow this is soooo neat And loads planted already And that bench is just perfick for admiring your handi-work
Well done You must be chuffed ...

Wow! It's looking great, well done

Well cuffed, only a little weeding done as it has been raining here for 3 days, grew some potatos in pots on the patio, got around 8lb from them, only grown from ones which had sprouted, but have one plot just for potatos, so I can have patio back

Been raining non-stop here too and went to have a look tonight... the weeds are doing very well
Have you got 2 plots each then?

From the foreground, 2 Vernons, 2 Lin's but I am borrowing one as the other plots were not ready for planting, the next plot will be mine but planted now with potatos and greens for others, the next will be for Chris, but his hurt his back and unable to 'do' at the present. The plots in the distance are what we call communial for the residenst who cannot garden, and Lin and I will do most of the tending and right in the far distance will be a highish raised flower garden with hopefully touchy feely, smelly, plants, I have loads of herbs in my small garden to plant when ready, then I will be able to see the patio. oh! gawd I do rabbit on

that's all looking very fab I must say Elizabeth, so well done to you. Sounds though it's going to be just the thing to keep the lot of you healthy and happy

Yep, that's looking seriously impressive Elizabeth. Well done you and the gang I love the idea of the sensory garden too

yup, i think it'll keep you happy well, busy anyway And those raised beds look very good... I only have 2 at the mo, but planning on more as it seems a bit easier to manage

Do you need any courgette plants?

looking good liz i bet your ever so proud keep up the good work

Thank you for replies. we are very pleased with it so far. Its stopped raining so perhaps a bit more can be done as Andrew has arrived, he's the raised bed and fence maker. Also in time we are having a fence build around as the path is used by the 'private' sector, and a lot walk their little doggies here, just reared on a silly woman who let her dog poo in my driveway

don't get me started on other people's pets pooh!

can I suggest you grow some cutting flowers on the communal plot?
that way anyone feeling under the weather or unable to get outside much will still get the benefit when you gardeners take a bunch of blooms round

I've got oodles of iris corms to thin out in the next couple of weeks and probably some lily of the valley if you'd like some
And you could stick some daffodils and tulips in in the autumn to cheer you all up come February

Thanks any plants, corms, bulbs will be most welcome I will pay for P & P, and your idea about cut flowers would save a lot as we buy flowers for birthdays etc.

good idea Tara

I've grown dahlias for the first time ever. I'm amazed at how easy they were to grow from seed and bring to the flowering stage. A doddle. They look so posh and expensive too, so next year I'll be growing more of them. I think the tubers can be saved and replanted next year

even better, the tubers can be saved, SPLIT then planted next year

pm your addy Elizabeth and I'll bung them in the post.
We don't really do p&p here....it tends to all work out in the end...but thanks for the offer

you pretty much leave the corms visible on the ground, they don't like to be buried. most of these will turn out to be yellow ones....there are a few purples but it seems the ones spreading fastest are the yellow ones

Just an update, Andrew (my nephew, Lin's son) finished last two beds, between rain, also he has made us two "designer log piles" with the bits left from tree chop, do you want yet another pic.

Yes we do T'is the law

You'll never bore us with pics and chit chat As Reedos said... we even get to talk about veggies sometimes

Are you hoping to get hedgehogs?

We are hoping to get veggies

I have pics but I don't know how to post them even tho I know it's been posted several times

Brilliant Elizabeth ... many congratulations ... you should be very proud of yourselves !! Most impressive!

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And another one

tee hee a plant escaped!!

a renagade courgette plant

they look fantastic!
so much more useful and interesting than boring lawn

Every housing complex should have one!